Harvesting for the Lord

You do not receive because you ask with the wrong motives. When busy working in this world, you can lose sight of the One True reason for success. Jesus. Jesus is faithful to provide in your darkest moments. He provides a soothing reassurance of His care for you. He may not bring you what you WANT, but He will always bring you what you need.

He knows when the harvest is ripe for you, and He speaks to your inner spirit so you will know when it is time to do what you must. Times are confusing because of the outside distractions and obligations; His voice is softer and sometimes you will not hear it. But the Lord is faithful to never leave you, once you have given yourself over to Him. He will never leave you, even in times of distress. In fact, that is when He is at His finest! When you are weak, He is strong!

He charges you with duties for His Kingdom. One of them is to know when it is time to harvest what He has prepared for you to accomplish. Harvesting for the Lord is not always sharing the Word with people, or to be His earthly guide for their salvation.. Sometimes, it is to bring fulfillment to what He has planned for you to do. Listen for His Word to you and then, with faith, do it!

In Joel 1:11, we find the meaning of failure in harvesting what God has provided for you to do. Be ye ashamed, O ye husbandmen; howl, O ye vinedressers, for the wheat and for the barley; because the harvest of the field is perished. He tells you that you should have done as He provided for you to do, and since you didn't, the provisions He made for the health of the people, has gone to rot. Yet, when you are faithful to do His holy work, He blesses the faithful workman fully! Be faithful in your work and know when the time to harvest is.

You look around and say, but what is there to bring in for the Lord? What can I do? I am only one person! I am not equipped to bring in a harvest for the Lord. OH!! BUT YOU ARE! He equips you for all good things. Things that glorify Him! You study, live cleanly, put hate and malice aside, share your bounty, confess the Lord, live uprightly before mankind,  do things that are in His interest; and He will bless you! He sees in secret, as you do in public and at home.

Know the signs of the times for Harvesting. His open arms are waiting to greet you into the eternal kingdom. 2 Timothy 2:15 says, “Study to show thyself approved unto God, a workman that needs not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of Truth”. Be discerning and understanding of His directions. Don't be lazy in these final days. Be fruitful and multiply His harvest. And finally, “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding.